Mike McHargueApr 27, 2022

There is no engagement engine whose approval I need to seek here. That's wonderful, and gosh, unconsciously optimizing my actions for profile health and post engagement is... tough. I've internalized so much from the Twitter/Meta style model.

It's nice to just, well, be.

Show threadMike McHargueApr 27, 2022

My timeline is full of people sharing stuff they are interested in, with the confidence that no algorithm is going to bury their post if it fails to hit some invisible and unknowable threshold.

I absolutely love it.

Show threadNicola J
@mike I’m one of them! Can you explain this a bit more please? Genuinely interested, zero skill
Apr 27, 2022 at 6:48pmWeb
Show threadMike McHargueApr 27, 2022
@GardenNicola On the big, corporate social platforms, most people subconsciously try to make everything they post "go viral." They are trained to do that because posting anything that does not drive engagement (make people laugh. get angry, etc.) gets suppressed by the platform, so no one likes or comments on what they shared (which is often processed as rejection by our brains).
Show threadNicola JApr 27, 2022
@mike thank you! I’m the opposite, like a quiet life and some quality connections so I’m enjoying this more than the other place so far.
Show threadMike McHargueApr 27, 2022
@GardenNicola Indeed! I am similar. And this platform makes that a *much* more feasible option.
Show threadSteven Saus [he/him]Apr 27, 2022
@mike @GardenNicola PREACH.
Show threadAlice MarshallApr 27, 2022
@mike @GardenNicola
this is so funny, because anti Musk comments will float to the top on this system. Except not for long.